HE certainly knows how to ham it up on the celebrity circuit. But now David Beckham has proved his total love of ham full stop. After the recent friendly in Sevilla – in which England’s second highest capped player was one of the few plus points for his team – he naturally went shopping.

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England friendly against Spain is switched from Madrid to Sevilla

- 12 Jan, 2009 @ 18:49

Will the fans and police in Sevilla be any better behaved than in Madrid? After all, Sevilla’s stadium was the scene of an ugly unprovocked police attack on Spurs fans as we reported two years ago

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Spurs riot in Spain sparked by attack on female supporter

- 19 Apr, 2007 @ 04:14

The British fan, Chloe Hayes, 22, who had travelled to Seville with her father Paul, was clubbed over the head with a riot baton for arguing with a policeman about her seat

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England are not very good at football

- 22 Feb, 2007 @ 04:10

Eleven Englishmen (plus many substitutes) did last week engage in an act of semi-competitive sport with a similar number of Spanish athletes

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Don your cap to a boy called Neep

Amie Keeley - 25 Jan, 2007 @ 08:56

by Michael Byass IT may have come a little too late to prevent another two-horse Premiership race but this weekend third beat second and fourth...

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Angling in Andalucía

- 25 Jan, 2007 @ 07:34

NOW the rain has finally fallen in meaningful quantity after nine months of drought, many an angler’s thoughts turn to the transformation of dry barrancos near the coast into healthy flowing rivers. And the fish they might contain.

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Anyone for cricket?

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 27 Nov, 2006 @ 07:23

by Michael Byass THERE are certain times of the year when the make-up of global sporting action dictates that, for some people, football is...

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Raging Bull could defend title

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 27 Nov, 2006 @ 04:52

British boxer who attacked Guardia given bail

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Clowns kicking a pig skin (football)

Adele MacGregor - 9 Nov, 2006 @ 07:09

by Michael Byass THIS last week has been lit up by an amusing suggestion by Sky Television's Andy Gray. Or perhaps it was meant seriously...

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